Color postcard of Bosse Athletic Field. Caption on top reads, "The first municipally owned league base ball park in the world." Caption below picture reads, "Interior of Bosse Athletic Field Stadium, Evansville, Ind." Located just inside Garvin Park, at the northeast corner of North Main Street and East Morgan Avenue, 1701 North Main Street. Dedicated July 17, 1915, the stadium was named after Mayor Benjamin Bosse and built as a school board project. Original construction costs: $10,000 10 acres of land at Southeast corner of Garvin Park ; $50,000 materials & labor ; $5,000 city fees (grounds, improvements, etc.) ; for total of$65,000. Seating capacity at the time was listed at 7,180; opening day attendance reported as 8,082. Bosse Field has been the home of various Evansville baseball teams, including the Evansville Triplets and (currently) the Evansville Otters. Several movies have been filmed there, using Evansville natives as extras, including A league of their own. Bosse Field has been much hailed as a classic old ballpark.